gs450l

[bubbarandi]

Does anyone know if they make a REAL GASKET for a 1980 gs450l valve cover.

Thanks Bubbarandi

[bwringer]

Nope, but if you can send him a good OEM gasket or a valve cover, he can make a pattern and thus supply you and other 450 owners with a gasket. That's where all the other valve cover gaskets came from.

You'll also want to research which models the gasket will fit so he can put that on the web page. The GSR Hive Mind can help with that.

Call up and see. I believe the proprietor's name is Harold, and he's a very nice guy.

[bubbarandi]

gs450l

thanks bwringer

I'll give real gasket a call and see if they can make a gasket out of a oem .

bubbarandi

[Erich Z]

Any news on this? I need a gasket and BikeBandit is the only place that has them, at $18 a pop.

[earlfor]

I just go to an auto parts store and buy a sheet of gasket material. Then go to Lowes and buy a couple of bolts the same diameter as the bolt holes I need in the gasket. Bolts are made with recessed ends on the thread end and there is enough of a recess that they can be used as a paper punch.
Trace out the gasket shape you need onto the new gasket material. Then lay it on a piece of plywood or a hard wood block and take the appropriate bolt and hammer and "punch out" the holes, then cut the gasket lines. Presto, new gasket. :-)

Earl

[Erich Z]

I may try that earl. Sounds cheaper.